Sarah Pierce establishes first institution in America for higher education of women, in Litchfield, Connecticut.
First National Woman's Rights Convention is held in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Women in Kansas are granted the vote in school board elections.
Wyoming Territory grants women the vote in all elections.
Kansas grants women municipal suffrage.
600,000 signatures are presented to the New York State Constitutional Convention in an effort to bring a woman suffrage amendment to the voters. The campaign fails.
Utah joins the Union, granting women full suffrage.
The first suffrage parade is held in New York City, organized by the Women's Political Union.
The first suffrage parade is held in New York City, organized by the Women's Political Union.
The Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference is formed.
The Territory of Alaska adopts woman suffrage. It is the first bill approved by the Governor.
Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to Congress.
President Wilson finally addresses the Senate personally, arguing for woman suffrage at the war's end.
American Birth Control League is founded by Margaret Sanger.
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is inaugurated as the first woman governor in the United States.
Amelia Earhart makes the first transcontinental nonstop flight by a woman.
Babe Didrikson pitches a full inning for the Philadelphia Athletics (vs. the Brooklyn Dodgers).
Madeleine Albright is sworn in as the first female Secretary of State.